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As Congress debates the fate of key provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, the legislation continues to serve as a flashpoint for criticism of the Bush Administration. Yet, when opposition groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union make accusations that the act threatens or tramples our cherished First, Fourth...
The letter went on to say that "consistent with my longstanding arrangement with Vice President George Bush, and not intending to set a precedent," Bush was authorized to discharge the powers of the presidency while Reagan was under anesthesia. Saturday evening, after Reagan was once again alert, he signed a...
Legal, political and psychological reasons were behind the President's caution. In addition to their concern about unduly alarming the nation, White House aides felt they were in uncharted legal waters. Chief of Staff Regan, White House Counsel Fielding and Reagan all believed that the amendment was designed for a...
By resorting to the Bethesda letter, Reagan and his staff were trying to have it both ways. The White House was dissatisfied with the formal nature of the 25th Amendment but was following the constitutional procedures. Fielding and Meese tried to frame the letter so that Reagan's delegation of...
A recent State Department amendment to United States travel protocol downgrading its warning against travel in Israel ignited the hopes of Harvard students eager to study abroad in the Middle Eastern nation—despite the administration’s continued refusal to sanction studies in nations on the Department?...